State v. Leo C. Pinkston (080118) (Hudson County and Statewide) - Published

The CJRA -- like the federal and D.C. laws on which it is based in part -- provides defendants a qualified right to summon adverse witnesses. Before calling an adverse witness, a defendant must proffer how the witness’s testimony would tend to negate probable cause or undermine the State’s evidence in support of detention in a material way.